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SmarTrend, which analyzes securities to spot trends, identifies these publicly traded real estate companies as having the highest percentage of profits. E-House China has gross margin of 67.4 percent, a sales growth of 12.2 percent, and 12 months sales of $345.9 million. ZipRealty has gross marg...

Will the government revive tax credits to encourage home sales? Housing experts are dubious. Even suggesting that the tax credit might be revived could have a negative effect on the market, says housing economist Tom Lawler, because it could “lead many a prospective home buyer to hold off on buy...

BlockShopper.com searches property transfers for the home sales of the sort-of rich and semi-famous, then publishes the news of the sale as well as brief bios of the buyers and sellers. These reports not only appear online, but also in the real estate sections of about 50 newspapers, including t...

Selling short sales and REOs can be profitable opportunities for real estate practitioners. "If you're not working in the distressed part of the marketplace, you're perhaps missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," says Rick Sharga, senior vice president of foreclosure data company RealtyTrac. ...

If you have ever had an FHA loan, Uncle Sam may owe you a refund.  HUD has been stepping up efforts lately to identify people who have a refund due, but have not collected.  "Could that be me", you ask?  Let's find out. Go to HUD's website at www.HUD.gov  and look for the FHA LOAN REFUND program....

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Private equity firms and other groups of wealthy people are purchasing foreclosures at distressed prices, rehabbing them, and selling them for a quick profit. This used to be a game for amateurs, but because of the lack of other investment opportunities, the money-management pros have stepped in...

Mortgage fraud — which peaked in 2006 — rose 17 percent last year after falling 57 percent in the prior two years, reports CoreLogic. Analyzing about 7 million home loans made by hundreds of lenders, the research firm found that $14 billion in loans were originated with fraudulent application da...

Trust is a wonderful quality. It is very satisfying to have enough faith and confidence in a person or a company to take them at their word. And most of the time, everyone involved in a verbal commitment really does mean to keep their word and to stick to it. The problem is more one of fading me...

RESPA (The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act) is a consumer statute that was passed in 1974. The purpose of RESPA is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services and to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase the costs of certain settlement services. Section 8 ...